NACE CIP: Globally recognized, Universally preferred.

New courses. New certifications.  An expanded education program.   Visit www.nace.org/trainingguide for more information and make your plans to start 2010 with higher qualifications! The global value of NACE CIP speaks volumes: » Over 12,000 professionals from 108 countries have earned CIP certification » CIP spans the globe, with courses hosted in 33 countries, taught in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and English » In addition to the benchmark CIP courses, the program also offers industry specialization courses:      - Nuclear Power Plant Training for Coating Inspectors      - CIP Level 2, maritime emphasis      - CIP Bridge course Open the door to new opportunities with the most recognized Coating Inspector Certification worldwide.   Click on the course name for more details, or 'Register' to enroll in one of the upcoming courses.        CIP Level 1 Code Location Date   42410113 Houston, TX October 25 - 30, 2009 Register 42410025 Houston, TX January 3 - 8, 2010 Register 42410066 Media, PA January 3 - 8, 2010 Register 42410061 Surrey, BC, Canada January 10 - 15, 2010 Register 42410062 Halifax, NS, Canada January 17 - 22, 2010 Register 42410026 Houston, TX January 17 - 22, 2010 Register 42410069 Calgary, AB, Canada January 24 - 29, 2010 Register       CIP Level 2 Code Location Date   42610061 Anaheim, CA October 18 - 23, 2009 Register 42610020 Houston, TX October 18 - 23, 2009 Register 42610059 Orlando, FL October 25 - 30, 2009 Register 42610050 New Orleans, LA November 8 - 13, 2009 Register 42610048 Pittsburgh, PA November 15 - 20, 2009 Register 42610021 Houston, TX November 15 - 20, 2009 Register 42610022 Houston, TX December 6 - 11, 2009 Register 42610023 Houston, TX January 10 - 15, 2010 Register 42610054 Media, PA January 10 - 15, 2010 Register   CIP Level 2, maritime emphasis Code Location Date   42810012 Houston, TX October 25 - 30, 2009 Register     CIP Peer Review Code Location Date   43310009 Houston, TX October 23 - 25, 2009 Register 43310032 Anaheim, CA October 23 - 25, 2009 Register 43310043 Orlando, FL October 30 - November 1, 2009 Register 43310024 New Orleans, LA November 13 - 15, 2009 Register 43310010 Houston, TX November 20 - 22, 2009 Register 43310011 Houston, TX December 11 - 13, 2009 Register   Virtual Reality Coating Applicator Training Course Code Location Date   40410002 Houston, TX November 9 - 10, 2009 Register    CIP One Day Bridge Course Code Location Date   42510002 Houston, TX October 17, 2009 Register 42510007 Pittsburgh, PA November 14, 2009 Register 42510006 Dania Beach, FL January 9, 2010 Register 42510003 Houston, TX January 9, 2010 Register    Nuclear Power Plant Training for Coating Inspectors Code Location Date   42210003 Houston, TX November 16 - 20, 2009 Register 42210004 Houston, TX January 11 - 15, 2010 Register   Protective Coatings and Linings Code Location Date   40910001 New Orleans, LA September 28 - October 2, 2009 Register 40910003 Indian Wells, CA November 9 - 13, 2009 Register        Visit www.nace.org/education to see the Elcometer Building at NACE International and the entire NACE International Training Center, the first freestanding facility dedicated exclusively to advancing corrosion education.

See you on the links!     NACE Foundation Fall Classic October 26, 2009

Sign Up Today! Registration prices Individual Player-$150 Corporate Team-$600 (includes one foursome) Corporate Package-$800 (includes one foursome and company recognition) Tournament schedule: 7:30 a.m.-Registration 8 a.m.-Breakfast  and warm-up 8:30 a.m.-Shotgun start 1:30 p.m.-Lunch/awards Sponsorship opportunities Ditty Bag-$3,000 Hole-in-One-$2,000 Beverage Cart-$500   Hole Sponsor-$250 Closest to the Pin-$250  Longest Drive-$250  Putting Contest-$250 Help the NACE Foundation and military veterans as you have a fun day on the links at the 3rd Annual Fall Classic Golf Tournament. This year's tournament will be held at the Wildcat Golf Club in Houston, Texas on October 26, 2009. Proceeds from the Golf Tournament will benefit the NACE Foundation's Flagship Program to assist military veterans with job placement in the corrosion industry. Support our troops In an effort to address the growing workforce demand in the corrosion field, the NACE Foundation has established the Workforce Development program to assists military veterans and their families with job training and placement in the corrosion industry. Through this program the NACE Foundation will also provide scholarships to military veterans and develop a mentor program involving NACE members and Sections. Chairman Keith Perkins-Williams Committee Dana Colquitt-Alpha Leak Detection & Pipeline Services Jeff Hunt-Carboline Gene Lawson-ThyssenKrupp VDM USA, Inc. Lawrence Rearick-Alpha Leak Detection & Pipeline Services John Schmidt-DNV Russell Widner-Polyguard Products, Inc. NACE Foundation Manny Mones Heather Lowry Fall Classic sponsored by:                                                                  DNV Columbus, Inc.              Signature sponsor                    Breakfast sponsor                        Lunch sponsor Sign Up Today!

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2009 Department of Defense Corrosion Conference

U.S. Representative Betty Sutton (D, Ohio) provided the keynote speech at the 2009 Department of Defense Corrosion Conference banquet. The five-day Corrosion Conference commenced at the Gaylord National Hotel near Washington DC on August 10. See photos on Congresswoman Sutton's site here.

Participating in NACE Technical Committees

Thursday marked the end of NACE's Corrosion Technology Week 2009 (CTW/2009). This event, previously called Fall Committee Work Week, now includes other activities such as exhibits, training, and seminars, but the main focus is still technical committees.

There are several types of technical committees, but their raison d'etre is to share information about corrosion. Committees can meet to develop standards and publications, or to sponsor symposia and technical exchanges. Task Groups (TGs) develop some form of document, such as a standard (Standard Practice [SP], Test Method [TM], or Material Requirement[MR]) or a technical committee report. Technical Exchange Groups (TEGs) sponsor technical information exchange (TIE) or sponsor symposia at Annual Conference. Participation in technical committees can be done at several levels.

Spectator
Anyone can stay up-to-date on committee activities by visiting the new pulic face to NACE technical committees. Click here to see the list of Specific Technology Groups (STGs) that organize the NACE technical committees by industry or topic. Find an STG of interest, and then drill down to see the active committees within that STG. By periodically reviewing the website of committees of interest, you can stay abreast of standards development and information in new NACE publications. Standards and publications represent consensus industry practices. Industry standards share best practices with others, incorporating expertise and experience from a broad group. Industry standards can increase safety, provide more effective methods and procedures, and reduce costs by more efficient methods and by eliminating duplication of effort in company specifications.

For a list of new standards published in 2009, click here.

Participant
The members of an STG are the voting pool for draft publications and standards. By joining a STG, you will have the opportunity to vote and comment on all new documents proposed by the technical committees that are part of the STG. STG membership is open to all NACE members, just click here (requires NACE login) to join the STGs that are of interest to you. Other ways of participating include attending the annual conference (next is Corrosion/2010 March 14-018 2010 in San Antonio, Texas) or attending Corrosion Technology Week (next is CTW/2010 September 19-24, 2010 in Orlando, Florida). Committee meetings of all kinds are open to conference attendees, and there are many symposia, technical information exchanges, and other activities. Following the conferences, you can download conference papers, minutes, and drafts of publications from the NACE website.

Active Participant
To become an active participant, join a technical committee or author a symposium paper.  Committee members work on developing publications or sponsoring technical exchanges and symposia. Authors of technical papers will have their paper published by NACE, and present the results of their papers at the technical symposia at the annual conference.  Each symposium needs reviewers to review the content of technical papers and presentations, and ensure that they meet the NACE style requirements.

Leader
There are opportunities for leadership at many levels in technical committees. Task groups, technical exchange groups and symposia each have a chair and vice-chair responsible for ensuring the committees follow the NACE guidelines. STGs manage and guide the technical committees that fall within their topic or industry, and each STG has a chair and a vice-chair. Finally, the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC) has a number of positions that oversee all of the STGs.

I encourage you to participate in NACE technical committees, the benefits are many, and you can tailor the level of participation to suit your needs.

NACE Standard SP0169

NACE SP0169-2007 (formerly RP0169) "Control of External Corrosion on Underground or Submerged Metallic Piping Systems", defines cathodic protection criteria and establishes other standards for controlling external corrosion that are used on pipelines around the world. NACE task group TG 360 is charged with the revision to SP0169 and distributed a draft for ballot that closed September 1st. The committee is scheduled to meet at NACE Corrosion Technology Week Tuesday (today) from 9AM to 5PM to review the results of the ballot. See the meeting agenda here. For more information on the ballot process for TG 360, see here.

The present standard is available from the NACE store here (PDF download, free for members, $42.00 for non-members).

The results of the ballot are available here (requires NACE member log-in). You can download the draft for ballot here (PDF, 620k, requires NACE member log-in).

You can find more informatino about SP0169 at The SP0169 Blog (not affiliated with NACE or The Corrosion Blog).

Corrosion-Related Music

http://www.discogs.com/Clutter-vs-Susan-Matthews-Slow-Corrosion-EP/release/2219439
Rust never sleeps
Corrosion of Conformity

Investigating Corrosion Protection of Offshore Wind Towers

An interesting article about the possible future of power here. Offshore windfarms bring a number of unique corrosion problems.

In this article (PDF, 1.5M), Investigating Corrosion Protection of Offshore Wind Towers, the authors report on testing the coating performance on offshore wind towers. This is part two of a three-part series.

From JPCL (The Journal of Protective Coatings and Linings)

NY Times article from NACEtweet.

CTW 2009 Starts Sunday

CTW night with the Houston Astros Wednesday, September 23 7:05 p.m.   As a benefit for attending CTW 2009 NACE International is proud to offer CTW attendees discount tickets to the Houston Astros vs. the St. Louis Cardinals game.   To purchase tickets log on to www.astros.com/nace and enter password nace.   Prices: Field Boxes-$22 Bullpen Boxes-$15 Mezzanine-$11 View Deck 1-$9 View Deck 2-$7 Click here for more information and for instructions for purchasing 20 or more tickets. Corrosion Control by Coatings: The Series   Debuting at Corrosion Technology Week 2009 (CTW), this one-day seminar features relevant topics important to the coatings industry. From basic coatings knowledge to planning a coatings job, this series helps coatings professionals increase their understanding of coatings projects, application, and selection.   ZINC RICH COATINGS: What Makes Them Tick? Thursday, September 24, 2009 Houston, Texas Hyatt Regency Downtown 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.   The first seminar will discuss the facts and myths related to zinc rich coatings and where and how they should be used. What you will learn: Advantages and disadvantages of galvanic protection as a first line of corrosion protection Advantages and disadvantages of using sacrificial primer in a coating system CTW attendees receive a 25% discount on the registration fee for the first seminar! Sponsored by:            CTW sponsors:

Using Potato Chips to Fix Crumbling Freeways?

Concrete is a porous material, and freeways fail when water seeps into concrete and then contracts and expands with changing temperatures. Water also corrodes the reinforcing steel bars inside the concrete, which expand and cause the concrete to fail.

A new study (PDF, 376k) from Jordanian researchers suggests there may be a way to effectively seal off concrete roads and other structures cheaply with sodium acetate, a potato chip ingredient that provides a tangy snap.

From SciGuy.

Rice University Establishes National Corrosion Center

For more about the National Corrosion Center see here and the National Corrosion Center site here.

Corrosion-induced auto wiring failure

Corrosion to a wiring harness (and apparently slovenliness) caused a 1996 Honda Civic to display an array of puzzling symptoms. Full story here.

Congress berates PHMSA for lax permitting policy

United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) said of the Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA):

This agency needs a house cleaning," Oberstar said. "Safety is not a one-time snapshot; it's continued vigilance... and this agency has lost its way and along the way has developed a very cozy relationship with the industry it regulates.

More information here.

Pipeline Cased Crossings

The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has formed a Pipeline Cased Crossings Casing Quality Action Team (CASQAT) to discuss baseline assessments per 49 CFR Part 192 Subpart O and to develop draft technical guidance for addressing the integrity of cased crossings. The team had hoped to meet in Houston in conjunction with Corrosion Technology Week, but an internal review has raised some additional issues. A workshop is planned for later in the year.

For more information, click here.

Preparing for Close-Interval Survey

Paper 09126 "Preparing for Close-Interval Survey" (download $10 for NACE members, $13 for non-members) was presented at the Corrosion/2009 Close-Interval Survey Symposium. The paper was based on a Feb, 1998 Materials Performance article titled “Close Interval Potential Surveys—Planning, Execution, Results” by Robin Pawson. The paper updates the topic for new technology and direct assessment. More information can be found in NACE SP0207-2007 “Performing Close-Interval Potential Surveys on Buried or Submerged Metallic Pipelines” (free download for NACE members) published in 2007.

Drew Hevle
Chair, 2009 Close-Interval Survey Symposium

Corrosion Definitions

Corrosion—the process whereby manmade structures revert to their natural state (a modern version of the torture of Sisyphus rolling a lump of ore up the energy hill).

Corrosion Engineer—an individual of extraordinarily fine judgment who, by virtue of education and/or experience, knows all manner of fascinating things, some related to corrosion and its control.

Cathodic Disbondment—an extremely rare phenomenon that is the foregone conclusion of formulators and applicators to explain the failure of poorly formulated and/or applied coating, regardless of whether protective current is present.

Digital Voltmeter—a black box containing a random number generator designed to test the faith of the corrosion engineer.

Direct Assessment—the process of determining the condition of a buried structure by applying a combination of decidedly indirect measurement
techniques.

Fluidized Bed—a bladder control problem, typically
outgrown by puberty.

Free Corrosion Potential—a corrosion potential that is measured without additional expense as part of a lump sum fee.

Hydrogen Ion Film—an audio-visual aid that explains polarization.

Inert—not ert.

Interrupter—a device that thrives on attention, cycling applied current flawlessly while observed but dying of loneliness while the corrosion engineer travels to the first remote test point.

Non-corrosive—a term applied to environments that consist of pure fantasy.

Polarity Convention—the annual event where physicists argue with engineers about signs and directions when they cannot find the meeting hall.

Protective Coating—a material that adheres tenaciously when applied to a surface that has been painstakingly prepared, at considerable expense, by careful cleaning and establishment of the precise anchor pattern with the appropriate depth and shape, and even more tenaciously to skin, hair, clothing, and any unintended structure.

from Tales from a Career in Corrosion Control by Norm Moriber
Materials Performance February, 2002

EPA Proposes Stringent New Air Quality Standards for Lead

From sspc.org

First change since 1978 planned
The EPA has proposed revising the national ambient air quality standards for lead from 1.5 _g/m3 to within the range of 0.10 to 0.30 _g/m3 measured as total suspended particles. The allowable level will be based on the current time weighted average of a calendar quarter method or revised to apply across a 3-year span, with the reported lead value within the 3-year span based on the second-highest monthly average calculated during the span.

The agency is also proposing corresponding changes to data handling procedures, including those ambient air monitoring and reporting requirements related to sampling and analysis methods, network design, sampling schedule, and data reporting.

As required by court order, the EPA Administrator signed a notice of final rulemaking for publication in the Federal Register on September 15, 2008. A new monitoring network is expected to be in place by January 1, 2010, which will allow the agency to more accurately designate nonattainment areas by September 2011.

For further information see epa.gov.